I still am.īeyond allowing me to keep my plane here, it unexpectedly resulted in a career change. It was the first time in a century that it had been offered for sale and I became the luckiest person alive when the planets aligned. Raleigh (also known as Spong) is the only island (of the 1864) with a perfectly protected natural harbor with a gentle sloping ramp at the end that allowed me tie the plane down on terra firm in the lee of the little cottage. At that point in time, my business was the distribution of Challenger aircraft in Canada, so if I couldn’t safely keep the plane at the island, I’d never have come here. You can see very clearly why it was also significant to all the books, because without it, I never would have been able to keep my plane safely on the River. It’s significant to me because it’s the center of Lyne’s and my universe - Raleigh Island.

Because it seems a significant number, I thought I would share a significant image. I think there were perhaps a dozen or so earlier ones that now have been lost to the mists of time. This is not only the last wallpaper image of the season, but the 100th that I’ve shared since I began putting numbers on them in my file.

May 2017 desktop wallpaper